IGM 2025-26 Kat. B round 1-5
Team SwissStandard
48 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 15 Nov 2025 to 16 Jan 2026 in decentralised, Switzerland. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1941, and top seed was Fabian Frey (🇨🇭 SUI, 2227).
Dominik Popp (🇨🇭 SUI, 1890) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Othmar Kuhn (3.5) and Pavel Dobias (3.0). Popp won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Igor Paholok (1787) beat Felix Schwab (1987), a +200-point gap.
Location
🇨🇭decentralised, Switzerland
Dates
15 Nov 2025 → 16 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 36 Moves in 90 Min. / / 30 Min.
System
Team · 5 rounds
Federations · 2 represented
🇨🇭Switzerland×46
🇿🇦South Africa×1
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Popp, Dominik | 🇨🇭SUI | 1890 | 3.5 | 1840 | 1935 | +4.6 |
| 6 | Kuhn, Othmar | 🇨🇭SUI | 1824 | 3.5 | 1866 | 2666 | +22.4 |
| 2 | Dobias, Pavel | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 3.0 | 1799 | 1871 | +15.6 |
| 15 | Paholok, Igor | 🇨🇭SUI | 1787 | 3.0 | 1887 | 1762 | -2.0 |
| 12 | Madhavan, Kailash | 🇨🇭SUI | 1904 | 3.0 | 1757 | 2557 | +12.0 |
| 1 | Baertsch, Karl | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 3.0 | 1822 | 2015 | +35.2 |
| 8 | Villiger, Jan | 🇨🇭SUI | 1828 | 3.0 | 1745 | 2545 | +15.4 |
| 22 | Stauber, Matija | 🇨🇭SUI | 1813 | 3.0 | 1774 | 1774 | -2.2 |
| 3 | Schwab, Felix | 🇨🇭SUI | 1987 | 2.5 | 1818 | 1818 | -21.2 |
| 10 | Reichmuth, Dominik | 🇨🇭SUI | 1749 | 2.5 | 1805 | 1805 | +9.6 |
| 4 | Sigrist, Roman | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 2.5 | 1784 | 2057 | +31.2 |
| 35 | Bozorov, Lutfulloh | 🇨🇭SUI | 1746 | 2.0 | 1788 | 1595 | -15.6 |
| 21 | Wuest, Andreas | 🇨🇭SUI | 1757 | 2.0 | 1824 | 1824 | +3.6 |
| 7 | Koch, Tobias | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 2.0 | 1832 | 1832 | -7.6 |
| 46 | Haist, Gian Nicola | 🇨🇭SUI | 1860 | 2.0 | 1824 | 1024 | -11.0 |
| 36 | Gabriel, Toni | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 2.0 | 1746 | 1746 | +0.4 |
| 45 | Filiberti, Bruno | 🇨🇭SUI | 1742 | 1.5 | 1900 | 1100 | -24.4 |
| 26 | Glanzmann, Boris | 🇨🇭SUI | 1850 | 1.5 | 1749 | 1749 | -2.8 |
| 9 | Obolonkov, Alexander | 🇨🇭SUI | 1965 | 1.5 | 1909 | 2102 | +7.0 |
| 27 | Von Wyl, Urs | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 1.5 | 1820 | 1627 | -14.0 |
| 30 | Ziswiler, Walter | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 1.5 | 1815 | 1622 | -13.2 |
| 28 | Blaser, Joel | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 1.5 | 1752 | 1559 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Barnard, Tertius | 🇿🇦RSA | 1873 | 1.5 | 1856 | 2049 | +9.0 |
| 17 | Ulrich, Michael | 🇨🇭SUI | 1742 | 1.0 | 1796 | 1603 | -28.4 |
| 23 | Bilic, Arif | 🇨🇭SUI | 1898 | 1.0 | 1807 | 1614 | -60.8 |
| 44 | Zuesli, Kurt | 🇨🇭SUI | 1862 | 1.0 | 1982 | 1182 | -15.2 |
| 19 | Franov, Simon | 🇨🇭SUI | 1757 | 1.0 | 1881 | 1881 | +13.6 |
| 24 | Amgwerd, Christian | 🇨🇭SUI | 1871 | 1.0 | 1791 | 1791 | -9.2 |
| 37 | Lussi, Toni | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 1.0 | 1891 | 1091 | -27.6 |
| 14 | Salcov,Veaceslav | 🇨🇭SUI | 1830 | 1.0 | 1909 | 1784 | -7.2 |
| 16 | Ahmeti, Danush | 🇨🇭SUI | 1785 | 1.0 | 1787 | 2587 | +10.0 |
| 20 | Gwerder, Simon | 🇨🇭SUI | 1776 | 1.0 | 1813 | 2613 | +20.8 |
| 13 | Frey,Fabian | 🇨🇭SUI | 2227 | 1.0 | 1862 | 2662 | +2.0 |
| 25 | Schorno, Wim | 🇨🇭SUI | 1739 | 1.0 | 1743 | 2543 | +10.2 |
| 18 | Tuescher, Heinz | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 1.0 | 1881 | 2681 | +25.6 |
| 29 | Weber, Bruno | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 0.5 | 1796 | 1523 | -18.8 |
| 41 | Arz, Christof | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 0.5 | 1813 | 1013 | -15.6 |
| 34 | Burri, Marco | 🇨🇭SUI | 1818 | 0.5 | 1749 | 1749 | -4.0 |
| 33 | Murtic, Seval | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 0.5 | 1757 | 1757 | -7.6 |
| 47 | Karrer, Serge | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 0.5 | 1747 | 947 | -21.2 |
| 31 | Mundwiler, Remo | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 0.5 | 1862 | 1862 | -0.4 |
| 32 | Hug, Stefan | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 0.5 | 1747 | 1747 | -9.6 |
| 40 | Zimmermann, Beat | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 0.0 | 1787 | 987 | -19.2 |
| 42 | Wespi, Josef | 🇨🇭SUI | 1663 | 0.0 | 1987 | 1187 | -3.2 |
| 48 | Hofstetter, Noah | 🇨🇭SUI | 1933 | 0.0 | 1873 | 1073 | -20.4 |
| 38 | Sonder, David | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 0.0 | 1878 | 1078 | -4.0 |
| 43 | Grossen, Kurt | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 0.0 | 1746 | 946 | -17.6 |
| 39 | FIDE 1389572 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1653 | 853 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Baertsch, KarlSUI+35.23.0 pts · #1
- 2Sigrist, RomanSUI+31.22.5 pts · #4
- 3Tuescher, HeinzSUI+25.61.0 pts · #18
Top rating losers
- 1Bilic, ArifSUI-60.81.0 pts · #23
- 2Ulrich, MichaelSUI-28.41.0 pts · #17
- 3Lussi, ToniSUI-27.61.0 pts · #37
Biggest upsets
- R4+200 Elo gap
- R4+133 Elo gap
- R5+120 Elo gap